Hi Brian, On 2/8/23 23:10, Brian Inglis wrote: > See discussion 10 years ago in WG21 C++: > > https://open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2013/n3499.html > > where ambiguity with C++ user-defined literal unit operators and "_" was an > issue, and Objective C/C++ parsing problems with using whitespace. Interesting. Let it be a ' then. > > So in 2020 WG14 C, opting for compatibility with WG21 C++; quoting: > > Prior Art: C++, Intel ICC, EDG, Microsoft Visual Studio > in > https://www.open-std.org/JTC1/SC22/WG14/www/docs/n2606.pdf > https://www.open-std.org/JTC1/sc22/wg14/www/docs/n2626.pdf > > FYI see comment in: > > https://thephd.dev/c-the-improvements-june-september-virtual-c-meeting > > "Guess who uses apostrophes for digit separators! The SWISS! And who is in > Switzerland? ISO! I see WG14 is no less corrupt than WG21. > — Miro Knejp" ;^> I remember having read that :D > > We are going to be seeing these used a lot in future from GCC , and as man-pages > are immersed in a sea of C, we might as well start getting used to it, which is > why I made that suggestion. Agree. -- <http://www.alejandro-colomar.es/> GPG key fingerprint: A9348594CE31283A826FBDD8D57633D441E25BB5
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